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Record Nr.

UNINA9910866591303321

Autore

Worpole Ken

Titolo

Last landscapes : the architecture of the cemetery in the West / / Ken Worpole ; colour photography by Larraine Worpole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Reaktion, 2003

ISBN

1-282-26436-2

9786612264368

1-86189-539-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Disciplina

718

725.59709

Soggetti

Cemeteries - Europe

Cemeteries - United States

Sepulchral monuments - Europe

Sepulchral monuments - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Last Landscapes Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1 Living with the Dead; 2 Landscapes and Meanings; 3 Death's Compass:The Society and Ecology of the Churchyard; 4 Cities of the Dead; 5 Libraries in Stone; 6 A Walk in the Paradise Gardens; 7 The Disappearing Body: Burial, Cremation and Landscape Form in the Twentieth Century; 8 A Place at the Endof the Earth; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tracing the history and design of burial places throughout Europe and the USA, Last Landscapes is an exploration of the cult and celebration of death, loss and memory.